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When my computer crashed last month, I lost the content of our Health & Safety Polivy. Can anyone let me have a copy of theirs? Best Wishes Anne

Ordered from this company a year or so ago. I remember it took a month for them to get my order to me, but it did arrive (Blaklader trousers and knee pads) Well they finally wore out, and I decided to re-order as they are the best trousers Ive ever had, and lasted the longest. Well that was...

My mate has a 10yo daughter and on saturday some scum bags tried to snatch her. Assault on 10-year-old girl at Windmill Hill 20 September 2010 Police are investigating an assault on a 10-year-old girl from Herstmonceux, East Sussex, at around 6.40pm on Saturday 18 September. The girl was...

....maybe not. This window cleaner was across from where I was working today in Glasgow. The ledge was about 3" with a fall on it and it was dreich and blowing a hoolie ( the weather was miserable and very windy). This guy worked his way right along the first floor flat cleaning as he went and...

Always wear you safety glasses when cutting tiles... I spend my Sat night at the eye hospital getting a small tile chip removed :mad2::oops: It's ok now but it could have been much worse :yikes: I always have my safety glasses on my head but they fell off and I needed to cut a tile...

just thought I would post this as a warning to those working in dusty environments, use a decent mask and get a vacuum attached to your sanders etc im off shortly to the hospital to have my regular chest xray in the late seventies as a young painter I worked for the local council and one of...

hi I have alot of site work now and you have to get past the health and safety regulations to get on site. Is there anyway i can get hold of a pack / information with it all in or get someone do to it so i have method statments / health and safety the lot? i could do with finding someway of...

did a swimming pool in bradford could,nt smoke on site or use your mobiles glasses had to be worn all the time + gloves. what a night mare.nearly got red carded 4 answering my phone. had a right barny wi site agent.job took alot longer than it should have because of red tape . sign this sign...

stumbled across this vibration safety guide and thought it might be useful to some of you guys Broken Link Removed

An interesting story from Ireland this week. A garage owner who works alone, was instructed by H&S to remove pictures of topless girls from his garage wall, as they were offensive. the H&S inspector happened to be female. The garage owner recieved an apology of sorts this week,when H&S admitted...

Hi there, Great website!, newbie here with his first post, I'm after some advice from the more experienced out there. I've been a contracts manager for over a year with the tiling division of a commercial flooring company and I've now decided to go it on my own. I've done my training with...

On site today and overheard some other trades talking about a site they were on recently and were told that they coould not use their generator as it was petrol and had to be diesel !!! Can anyone confirm this.

The Rocking Song Little Jesus, sweetly sleep, do not stir; We will lend a coat of fur, We will rock you, rock you, rock you, We will rock you, rock you, rock you: Fur is no longer appropriate wear for small infants, both due to risk of allergy to animal fur, and for ethical reasons...

Hi all, i have a document that i created when i first started as a tiler on building sites and sites that required a health and safety pack. This is full of text and correct wording and can be edited to suit your own companies needs! it has blank templates for risk assesments and method...

I have recently booked myself and my lads onto a couple of Health & Safety courses. It seems to be getting more and more important I was just wondering if anyone else does it? tel

How To Tile Early, In Safety Not dealing correctly with problematic substrates is one of the major causes behind the failure of many tiling installations, where stresses from the substrate find their way into the finished covering of stone or ceramic tiles. For example...

In the interest of safety for all our TilersForums members and readers i have recently evaluated an item that i believe should be in every tradespersons tool kit along with the dust sheet. I am sure that over the time that you have been working in houses and have laid the dust sheet down the...

Anyone got any views about where we are going with European Health and Safety directives ? Know European directives already govern the shape of bananas and cucumbers, the roundness of tomatoes and how many peas are in a pod. Keep reading about possible changes in legislation which will govern...

Hi there Would like any info on health and safety for a tiling firm. The issues that they face etc I know this is a bit vague. Basically anything I should know specifically for tiling. Ive ordered lots of HSE leaflets but thought everyone must have looked into this. Any info appreciated. I plan...

Got my CSCS health and safety test on Wednesday but i have no test book yet, only booked test this morning so its fast tracked. Anyone know where online i can view mock tests? looked in local library but they dont have the book.